When you die, estate planners say, one of the finest gifts you can leave your heirs is a plan for avoiding probate. Probate is a legal process that distributes a dead person’s assets and settles their ...

My husband and I have been together for 25 years. We have two children, a son and a daughter, and we are looking forward to upgrading from our current home. We’re in our 50s and will probably get $1 ...

What if overnight, your financial situation meaningfully changed? For some of us, this can and does happen, whether due to an inheritance, a generous gift or a successful investment. When cash like ...

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Nick Reiner is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

A Massachusetts woman gained two long-lost sisters through a DNA test — then tried to net a fortune when she sued them a month later over a malpractice settlement involving their dad. Carmen Thomas, ...

Switzerland, long a haven for the ultra-rich, voted to reject a hefty tax on large inheritances on Sunday. But the debate around it shook the country's affluent residents, an expert told CNBC before ...

Just two-thirds of parents age 55 or older with at least $500,000 in investable assets haven't shared with their grown children what they'll inherit or if they'll inherit anything at all, according to ...

Italy's inheritance tax far below that of main partners Higher revenue could be used to help growth, analysts say PM Meloni rules out targeting wealthy Italians Most Italian billionaires are heirs, ...